MAC Address = Serial number for network cards.

The only difference is that you can ping by MAC Address.

 

lets say for eg// i am on virgin.net but i want BT, or Orange etc etc, why would i need to get the MAC address from BT !

 

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Originally Posted by kame1986 lets say for eg// i am on virgin.net but i want BT, or Orange etc etc, why would i need to get the MAC address from BT !

Which MAC Address? And why?

 

Bt?

 

who is asking for it and which one do they want? PC/modem/router?

 

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Originally Posted by knickfan5745 Bt?

Internet company in the UK.

 

Yeah, why would i need to get the mac from Bt to move to another isp !

 

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Originally Posted by kame1986 Yeah, why would i need to get the mac from Bt to move to another isp !

Thay want your MAC adress so you can go to another provider? You don't have to give them that. Or are you saying that they're giving you a MAC to go to a different provider?

 

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Originally Posted by Chipp Thay want your MAC adress so you can go to another provider? You don't have to give them that. Or are you saying that they're giving you a MAC to go to a different provider?

Or are you saying that they're giving you a MAC to go to a different provider - THATS THE ONE I MEANT !

so i say again clearly as i can make it.

 

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Originally Posted by kame1986 Or are you saying that they're giving you a MAC to go to a different provider - THATS THE ONE I MEANT ! so i say again clearly as i can make it.

Do you know which MAC? (Your NICs, router, their servers, etc)

 

it would be there servers !

 

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Originally Posted by kame1986 it would be there servers !

What they're doing thwen is giving you a direct connection to their name servers if you are on the same network... I wonder why though, that makes no sense to do.... NS's are almost always handed out by IP.

 

ok ill explain.

I work for Orange Telecoms and i heard my manager say to a customer who was on a BT ISP that they need to find out there mac address from BT and give it to Orange if you wish to transfer or something like that ? ? ?

 

Internet connections are registered by MAC addresses.

So when you set up a connection with your ISP, your computer's MAC address is registered on the ISP's network. Only registered MAC addresses are able to connect to the ISP.

Your boss was asking the customer for their MAC address so he could register the customer's MAC address with Orange. That way the new customer could connect to Orange.

Get it?

 

I thought it was the network interface cards (wired and wireless) that were associated with the MAC addresses.

So depending on the modem, wireless card, router, lan card, etc...they each have their own MAC addresses.

So you could switch up all the hardware in your house and you'd have all different MAC addresses.

By registering the modem's MAC address to the ISP, then if anything were to go wrong with the modem it would be a hassle to switch up the modem and also the MAC address residing on the server.
Sounds rather inefficient to me.

 

if this is still in ? send me a pm i'll talk you throught the whole process and why